The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 331
Cheng Yuanzhi had to be cautious about the Tianshijiao, which had become a climate.

Speaking of the origin of Tianshi Teaching, we must start with the "Huang-Lao Theory",
Sima Qian mentioned many times in "Historical Records" that during the early Han Dynasty, many people believed in Huang Lao's theory, such as Zhang Liang, Cao Shen, and Queen Mother Dou, all regarded this theory as their standard.

The Huang-Lao Theory, also known as the Huang-Lao Way, had an incomparable influence on the people of the Han Dynasty.

Huang, referring to the Yellow Emperor, the ancient Chinese ruler; Lao, referring to Lao Dan (Lao Tzu), who, along with Zhuang Zi, are known as the founders of the Taoist school.

Huangdi’s ideological and political views have undergone changes. At first, he wanted to save people through medical treatment through "Huangdi Neijing" and "Huangdiwaijing". From then on, he began to attack other tribes and unify the Central Plains, turning from "curing diseases" to "treating people".

As a result, the emperor's thoughts on governing the world spread and influenced later generations for thousands of years.Later King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Ziya, Zhang Liang, etc. all studied the "art of the emperor", that is, how to become a ruler, or actively help the ruler to win the world, becoming an "emperor teacher".

In a word, it means actively "joining the WTO", which is what literati call "becoming an official", actively helping a certain force to conquer the world and govern the world.

This is the idea advocated by the Yellow Emperor.

The thought expressed in "Lao Tzu's Theory" can be summed up in one sentence, that is, "Lao Tzu keeps Yuan Mo.

The so-called "keeping Yuanmo" means returning to the original nature of all things in the universe, the unity of nature and man, and doing nothing; in a small country with few people, neighbors look at each other, usefulness is worse than uselessness, change is worse than clumsiness; although there are voices of chickens and dogs. , and the people do not communicate with each other until old age and death.

——If there is no communication between human tribes, there will be no envy, vanity, interest disputes, and wars.

And in the Huang-Lao theory, it also includes Zhuangzi's "Zhuangzi's happy excursion" theory.

What Zhuangzi advocates is the pursuit of absolute freedom and happiness, beyond the shackles of fame and fortune.

Zhuangzi believes that the more ambitious a person's goal is, the more effort he needs to make. Only by completely achieving vainness, namelessness, and selflessness, giving up everything, and detaching himself, can he skyrocket like a Kunpeng, soar nine days, and reach The paradise I yearn for in my dream!
It is precisely based on this kind of thinking that Zhuangzi's disciples finally chose to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, to be alone, to regard wealth and money as dung, to abandon high officials and rich salaries as shoes, and to be a hermit who has nothing to do with the world.

That is to say, very early on, the Huang-Lao theory itself had a split. The Yellow Emperor's point of view was "entering the world" and actively managing the world; Zhuangzi's point of view was "coming out of the world", pessimistically fleeing from the world of mortals and avoiding everything.

From this, we can also understand why Zhang Liang actively helped Liu Bang to make plans to seize the world on the one hand, and on the other hand, he retired after success, kept himself clean, did not care about state affairs, and even implemented the ruling strategy of "governing by doing nothing" in the early Western Han Dynasty-these are all It is a manifestation of the influence of the internal division of Huangshen by the old theory.

In the blink of an eye, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the descendants of Zhang Liang appeared on the stage one after another.The three brothers Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang evolved the Huang-Lao theory into the "Taiping Dao", led the Million Yellow Turban Uprising, and pushed the increasingly decadent Han Dynasty into the pit of fire.

Zhang Ling, Zhang Heng (not Zhang Heng, a great scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but with the same name at the same time), and Zhang Lu's ancestors and grandchildren developed Huang Lao's theory into "Zhengyimengweidao" (referred to as "Zhengyijiao", also known as "Tianshidao") , Each generation claims to be "Zhang Tianshi".

Zhang Ling is the eighth-generation descendant of Zhang Liang. The large-scale civil organization "Tianshijiao" he founded started in Sichuan, and was finally carried forward by his grandson Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.Dressed in the cloak of religion, take the road of seizing power like a boiled frog in warm water, and actively "join the WTO" to seize the world!

At the beginning, Zhang Ling did not aim to establish an organization for the integration of religion and government, but only stipulated that anyone who joins the Tao must pay at least "five buckets of rice" as a "membership fee".Of course, for those devout men and women among the rich, what they hand over is not only five buckets of rice, but maybe five hundred buckets or even five thousand buckets of rice.

As a result, Tianshijiao quickly gathered a huge amount of wealth. When Zhang Lu took over as the prefect of Hanzhong and the leader of Tianshijiao, Tianshijiao evolved into an organization that integrates teaching and administration.

Zhang Lu did not take this huge "membership fee wealth" privately, but stored it up and used it to relieve disaster victims and refugees in disaster years-as long as you don't leave the "organization" for a day, you will have a day's food for you eat!

Wudou Rice Church can also be said to be the earliest non-governmental "public welfare" organization with a strong purpose in history.

As a result, "Tianshi Dao" quickly gathered hundreds of thousands of disaster victims and refugees in Hanzhong, which made the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty terrified, because once these refugees took up arms, they would obviously immediately become a force to be reckoned with!

The bureaucratic ruling class of the Eastern Han Dynasty called Tianshidao "rice thief" and "five buckets of rice religion".

The so-called "Five Dou Rice Religion" comes from this.

In the original time and space, when Zhang Heng’s son, Zhang Lu, became the Heavenly Master, Cao Cao couldn’t stand it anymore, and personally led an army of [-] to march westward to Hanzhong, hoping to appease this group of people and solve the problem of the large number of Heavenly Masters and Taoists.

After Zhang Lu's younger brother Zhang Wei's initial resistance failed, Zhang Lu had no choice but to surrender.

Considering that the world is not peaceful, there are still three or four princes.After Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, he did not embarrass Zhang Lu, but adopted a pacification strategy. He made Zhang Lu the general of Zhennan, made Zhang Lu's five sons Liehou, and asked his son Cao Yu to marry Zhang Lu's son. a daughter.

For the hundreds of thousands of "rice thieves", that is, the congregation, Cao Cao can only adopt a strategy of division. Those who are willing to serve as soldiers will be incorporated into other troops; Gather people to teach!
But even so, Tianshidao still survived tenaciously.And in the next few decades, it developed subtly, and finally promoted the rotation of regimes and the changes of dynasties.

In the original time and space, the new powers of the Three Kingdoms represented by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan competed for half a century, but failed to win in the end, but were captured by Sima Yan, the grandson of the great nobleman and the old nobleman Sima Yi.

The old nobles' favorite thing to do.It has never been a policy reform, nor is it to create a new era so that ordinary people can benefit, but to keep the old and continue the interests of the old powerful and powerful families.

Therefore, when Sima Yan's Western Jin Dynasty was established, there were powerful families everywhere.The "Five Dou Rice Sect", which was deftly dispelled by Cao Cao before, has become the largest non-governmental organization in the world after decades of quiet development. It has been officially recognized as the "Tianshi Sect" and has become a legal organization.

Of course, the core of the teachings of Tianshijiao is still "five buckets of rice to join the religion", and those who join the religion need to pay a large sum of money.

Due to the great influence of Tianshijiao, even many dignitaries in the Jin Dynasty joined the "Five Dou Rice Cult".For example, Zhao Wang Sima Lun's sycophant, Sun Xiu from Langya, who asked Shi Chong for the little beauty's green pearl, and Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, were all followers of the Five Dou Rice Sect.

In fact, in a certain sense, it was precisely because Sun Xiu, who was a "Tianshi disciple", caused the fall of the second generation of the Western Jin Dynasty. 300 years of tragedy.

Soon thereafter, Sun En, Sun Xiu's nephew, led the followers of the Five Dou Rice Sect to rebel against the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Eastern Jin Dynasty, which had improved a little, was dealt a heavy blow.

Even though the Five Dou Rice Religion is so harmful, every person in power does not take it seriously.

Not long after, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu established the Liu Song Dynasty, and the Five Dou Rice Religion began to be legalized again.

At the same time, another follower of the Five Dou Rice Sect, Liu Yun, governor of Xunyang County, wanted to reap some benefits when he was inspecting the small county of Pengze. Famous saying: "I can't bend my waist for five buckets of rice, boxing is like a villain in the village!"

The Taoism in Tao Yuanming's heart should be like Lao Tzu and Zhuang Zhou's retreat to the mountains and forests that do not eat the fireworks of the world.It is not like the Five Dou Rice Sect, which is influenced by Huang Lao’s theory, under the banner of Taoism, actively joins the world as an official, bluffs and deceives, fools the lower class people to follow the rebellion against the imperial court, or becomes the shameless method of the perpetrators “fabricating historical facts and gaining political capital” !
As a court official, the motive for joining the Five Dou Rice Sect is impure in itself.

It is wrong for a Taoist to not recite the scriptures, but to think about fighting for the world all day long.

... And this is exactly what Cheng Yuanzhi is worried about.

Because in this time and space, Zhang Lu lived a good life after surrendering, Tianshijiao developed too fast, and now it has spread all over the world, with millions of followers.

It's a little overwhelming...

What to do with this hot potato?
Cheng Yuanzhi pondered for a long time.

　The chapter is wrong, it should be 320
　　
　
(End of this chapter)