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Once the Imperial Academy Covenant was launched, it quickly caused an uproar in Chang'an, and there were many discussions.
However, no one would say that Bai Gui was forming a clique for personal gain, because each clause in the Imperial Academy Covenant was a statement of the main purpose of teaching, intended to reshape the style of learning in the literati circle, and there was no petty personal gain.
In addition, Bai Gui still had a certain reputation among the people. First, he was honest and had military merits when he was in power. Second, he promoted cotton planting and Bai Gongche. Third, his calligraphy was a great master of the time, and his handwriting was like his personality.
Under these three reasons, basically everyone thought that Bai Gui was a wise minister, so there was no need to talk about forming a clique for personal gain.
This is the benefit of having a good reputation!
If a treacherous minister came to hold the Imperial Academy Covenant, even if he had no selfish motives, according to his previous reputation, a good one could be smeared into a bad one.
Furthermore, as the chief examiner in the ninth year of Kaiyuan, most of the selected Jinshi had a certain reputation. These people certainly could not criticize the examiners who promoted them. Moreover, Bai Gui had a good reputation. These Jinshi were in charge of a considerable part of the discourse power of the literati at this time. With their help, Bai Gui's reputation did not decline but rose. In some poems and works, he was respectfully called "Bai Gong".
Time passed slowly like this, until the midsummer of the ninth year of Kaiyuan, the samples of the Five Emperors' Coins and Fu Coins were finally obtained by various Taoist schools, and first presented to Bai Gui, the prime minister in charge of this project, for observation.
So Bai Gui took time out to visit Haotian Temple.
Haotian Temple, Laojun Hall
"After discussing the style of the Five Emperors' Coins, we decided to adopt the square-holed round coins used in the past..."
"First, it is conducive to the people to accept and circulate this coin. Second, the square-holed round coins conform to the theory of the round sky and square earth. Although it is not conducive to engraving talismans, brass is not a spiritual material. It is easier to carry magic power with it as a carrier..."
Hou Shaowei explained to Bai Gui.
"Master, please make the decision on this matter."
Bai Gui nodded, and suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Hou Shaowei said a few months ago that the three copper furnaces for casting coins that he had allocated from the Shaofu Supervisor were not accurate enough and needed to be remade. This was the reason.
The brass used to make copper coins is an ordinary material. Although ordinary materials can carry magic power for a certain period of time, the magic power will easily dissipate over time. Although it can be used to engrave talismans to extend the existence of magic power, it is not beautiful after all. Changing the shape of copper coins to the style of the round sky and square earth conforms to the theory of the round sky and square earth. Although it is not a spiritual material, the existence of magic power will be longer than that of ordinary copper coins.
This is the same as worshipping a statue of a deity.
The statue of a deity becomes spiritual after being worshipped for a long time!
However, in this case, the square-holed round coin has less space for engraving talismans, unlike the silver dollar, which has a whole side.
Therefore, a copper furnace with higher precision is needed to engrave talismans!
It is not difficult for Bai Gui to improve the precision of coin casting.
He used the knowledge and technology of later generations and asked the craftsmen of the General Works to copy the original and make some modifications to create a copper furnace with higher precision and sent it to Haotian Temple.
"The five spirit beads are Thunder Spirit Bead, Fire Spirit Bead, Water Spirit Bead, Wind Spirit Bead, and Earth Spirit Bead. These five elements do not conform to the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. However,... except for the Thunder Spirit Bead, the remaining four spirit beads conform to the power of the four images of earth, wind, water, and fire. Therefore, the Five Emperors' Coins, with the Thunder Emperor Coin as the main yin and yang of the four images, and the remaining earth, wind, water, and fire as the four images, complement each other's yin and yang..."
Zhang Tianshi of Tianshi Dao nodded, shook the whisk in his hand, and replied.
Taiji gave birth to two yin and yang, and two yin and yang gave birth to four images. In "Book of Rites·Quli", it is said: "In front of the red bird and behind the black tortoise, the blue dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right."
The red bird belongs to fire, so the south will be hot, representing summer. The black tortoise belongs to water, and the yin is cold, so it represents winter. The white tiger belongs to gold, which is responsible for killing and attacking. When it is exhausted, it is as fast as the wind, so it represents autumn. The blue dragon belongs to wood, which blesses all directions and revives all things, so it also represents spring.
Therefore, the power of the four symbols is earth, wind, water, and fire!
And no matter whether it is spring, summer, autumn, or winter, there will be thunder, which is spring thunder, summer thunder, autumn thunder, and winter thunder.
Therefore, the Five Emperors' Coins refined by the Five Directions Daoist Veins use thunder and the power of the four symbols to form a cycle with each other. Outside this cycle, there is a world where the sky is round and the earth is square.
"The sky is round and the earth is square, and then the earth, wind, water, and fire are played..."
Bai Gui suddenly thought of what Tongtian Sect Master said.
He was stunned for a moment, and his eyes looked at the five Five Emperors' Coins on the altar of Laojun Temple.
At first glance, these five coins don't look much different from ordinary copper coins, but if you get closer and observe carefully, you will find that each copper coin is engraved with four subtle talismans, which are guided by the four sides of the inner square hole and lead directly to the outer circle symbolizing the sky.
"This is a golden sword connected by the Five Emperors' coins. As long as the monks use their magic power, they will use the power of the four symbols to activate the power of the heavenly thunder hidden in the Thunder Emperor's coins, and let the evil spirits be killed..."
"And the other four copper coins will also convert the stored power of the four symbols into the magic power in the Thunder Emperor's coins."
"It can be said that this is the cheapest magic weapon, but its power should not be underestimated..."
Shushan Sect Leader Chang Hao stroked his beard, holding a golden sword connected by the Five Emperors' coins with a red silk rope in his hand, and said with a smile.
The low cost does not mean that the magic weapon is not good. The power of heavenly thunder has always been the most difficult power to control, and the evil spirits are also afraid of it.
It is conceivable that with this golden sword made of the Five Emperors' coins, the evil spirits in the entire Tang territory are not completely wiped out, but they are definitely much less than before!
"Now I asked my nephew to come here to write an inscription for this Five Emperors' coin... My nephew's calligraphy was first-class at that time, and it was the style of everyone."
Zhang Tianshi smiled and said.
The Five Emperors' Money has now been created, but it is just a sample. Similarly, without the blessing of human luck, it is just a cheap magic weapon made by various Taoist schools, and it cannot be regarded as a real currency.
"this……"
Bai Gui's heart suddenly moved.
Needless to say, the benefits of inscribing Five Emperors' coins are great.
For example, if a Taoist priest uses a magic weapon made of a money sword to kill evil spirits, his share will be included in the calculation of merit. Even if he kills the evil spirit by mistake, the cause and effect will not be his, and he will still gain merit.
And as the Five Emperors' money circulates and benefits the country, he will also have his share of merit.
Similarly, if you want to practice the divine way in the future, it is also feasible to have this deed and use it to follow the path of the God of Wealth.
However, although he wanted to write an inscription, he could not get around Emperor Li Longji. In addition, if you agree immediately now, it will be a bit ugly to eat.
Originally, the merit he possessed was not small.
"My teacher has already asked the saint about this matter. As a disciple of our sect, and as the prime minister of the current dynasty, you should be allowed to inscribe..."
Seeing Bai Gui's hesitation, Hou Shaowei said.
"Three Cave Public Precepts" says: "If the Taoist scriptures are not taught by a teacher, then the practice will not be spiritual."
This word is not something that ordinary people can write!
It does not mean that any prime minister can inscribe money on the Five Emperors.
Just like in Journey to the West, Wei Zheng dreamed of killing the Dragon King. There were so many prime ministers in the early Tang Dynasty. Why was Wei Zheng chosen? It was because Wei Zheng also had a part-time job in Heaven. He was a Cao officer, and he had an old relationship with Judge Cui Yucui, and he had supernatural powers in the underworld. .
Cui Yu was a minister of Tang Emperor Li Yuanshi.
"Thank you, Master and all the elders."
Bai Gui instantly understood that this was probably a reciprocation from the five directions, and asked Li Longji to approve the matter. However, Li Longji was not overbearing in character and would not take away people's beauty, so he agreed to the matter.
If the sample of the Five Emperors' Money was first presented to Li Longji and asked for an inscription, Li Longji might have immediately seen Lie Xinxi and inscribed it himself.
But now that Wufang Daomai has said that he wants Bai Gui, a great calligrapher, to write inscriptions, then Li Longji can't help but compete with Bai Gui.
Bai Gui nodded. He had already prepared pen and paper in Laojun's palace. He pondered for a while and wrote the four characters "Kaiyuan Tongbao" on the plain paper, and then wrote "Thunder", "Wind", " There are five characters: "water", "earth" and "fire".
Coins such as Kaiyuan Tongbao were actually circulated during the Wude reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty. They have nothing to do with the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Li Longji. The coins minted at that time were called Kaiyuan Tongbao.
However, it is recorded in the "Old Book of Tang·Shihuo Zhi" that Kaiyuan Tongbao is also called Kaitong Yuanbao. "The word goes up first, then down, and then to the right. When read from top to left, the meaning is also clear, and it is called Kaitong Yuanbao."
At this time, Bai Gui wrote Kaiyuan Tongbao, firstly, following the old rules, and secondly, because the current era name was Kaiyuan, and the title Kaiyuan Tongbao was appropriate.
Li Longji couldn't give this opportunity to him. He didn't know the rules and used another name, which was dissatisfied by Li Longji. Therefore, inscribing Kaiyuan Tongbao can also temporarily calm Li Longji's mind.
The word is completed.
"Kaiyuan Tongbao..."
"Compared with Daou's calligraphy, my nephew's calligraphy is not inferior."
Several heads on the side saw this handsome calligraphy and praised it repeatedly.
The last Kaiyuan Tongbao was inscribed by Ouyang Xun. He and his son Ouyang Tong are both good at calligraphy, and they are collectively known as Xiao Ou.
"Where, where..."
Bai Gui said modestly.
Hou Shaowei glanced at the finished manuscript for a few times and nodded slightly. If Bai Gui's calligraphy was not good enough, he, the master, would not be so embarrassed as to persuade the heads of various sects and the emperor to let Bai Gui inscribe these words.
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After looking at it, he then ordered his pyrotechnics disciples to immediately shrink it and carve it on the wax model.
About another hour passed.
The second batch of brand-new Five Emperors coins with "Kaiyuan Tongbao" written on them were brought up by the pyrotechnical disciples.
"Now that the Five Emperors Money has become..."
"I will ask God and the ancestors of each sect for instructions on how to make a sacrifice."
After Hou Shaowei finished speaking to the many heads, he sat cross-legged under the statue of Taishang Daozu and began to perform the ritual.
Not a moment.
Everyone present felt a little warm all over their bodies. The obstacles to their daily practice seemed to have been easily overcome. Their thoughts were clear and their expressions were much better than before.
"Merit..."
"Our merits have been sensed by the heavenly ancestors, so this is a blessing for us..."
The heads of each sect couldn't help but show joy on their faces. This time the patriarch's blessing could at least save them from decades of hard work.
The most important thing is that what they have done has been recognized as meritorious deeds by the ancestors of each sect. The merits may not be effective for a while, but when they become heavenly immortals, earth immortals, and corpse-discipline immortals, these merits will play a huge role.
Likewise, if you have merit, everything will go smoothly.
Merit indirectly affects luck.
On the other side, Bai Gui, who made the greatest contribution this time, was also blessed by Taishang Daozu.
His skill greatly improved, Huang Ting's Xuan Fei was first condensed, and a stream of innate Taiyi Qi was born in the Xuan Fei, which was only the last step away from condensing the golden elixir.
"The initial power of the Tao is the Golden Flower, and the success of the Tao is the Golden Elixir. The Golden Flower is light. ... Inside is the innate Qi of Taiyi." - Lu Dongbin's "The Purpose of the Taiyi Golden Flower"