What is Song Zhenzong's joke about sealing Mount Tai?

When Song Zhenzong closed Mount Tai, he forged a sealed book and gave it back to the immortal.

When the sealed book was forged and everything was ready, Zhao Heng officially sailed east on1early October. The "heavenly book" is filled with jade and opens the way; Wang Dan and other civil and military officials; There are also a large number of service personnel, forming a mighty team, and it took 17 days to reach Taishan. Fasting at the foot of the mountain for three days before climbing the mountain.

According to the pre-planned ceremony, after I finished the worship ceremony on the mountain, the next day I went down to Sheshou Mountain to attend a worship ceremony. Zhao Heng changed Ganfeng County to Fengfu County; Mount Tai was named "the Holy Emperor of Heaven and Qi"; The goddess of Mount Tai is called "Fairy and Jade Girl Bi Xia Yuan Jun"; On the east side of the Tang Cliff on the top of Mount Tai, the inscription "Xie Tianshu narrates double saints and merits" is engraved.

After that, there were a series of celebrations. It took a total of 47 days before and after the "East Seal", including going to Qufu to pay homage to Confucius, and staged a complete farce. Zhao Heng became the last emperor in China history to pay homage to Mount Tai.

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During the reign of Zhao Heng, a large number of official temples were built in the capital and local areas, and the court appointed corresponding officials to take charge of their management. At the same time, Zhao Heng set up an honorary virtual title related to temples, which enabled him to get extra salary without being a minister. Such officials are often named after the promotion of a certain temple.

Palace officials are a special bureaucratic group after Zhao Heng. On the one hand, it shows the close relationship between the Song government and Taoism, on the other hand, it also aggravates the serious degree of redundant officials and excessive fees.

The worship of gobbledygook had a great influence on the politics and finance of Zhenzong Dynasty. It will cost more than 8 million just to seal Mount Tai in the East. The western sacrifice was divided into yin and spent more than 200 thousand, not counting the trip to Bozhou.

There is no specific expenditure record for building Jade Qing Zhao Ying Palace, but it will cost 12000 gold and 5200 silver to carve only three statues, and the waste of 26 10 buildings can be imagined. If the temples such as Jingling Palace and Taiji Hall in Beijing are included, the cost will probably be beyond the reach of tens of millions.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhao Heng (the third emperor of the Song Dynasty)