Speaking of Mount Tai's sealing of Zen, I have to mention the person who initiated it, Qin Shi Huang. This cow man, who single-handedly completed the great cause of the reunification of the six countries, was naturally qualified to go to Mount Tai, declare his merits to heaven, and by the way, put forward some wishes.
Since then, there are also Hanwu Emperor Liu Che, Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, etc., from these lists it is not difficult to see that if you want to seal Zen, show authority, and talk to heaven, you must be qualified. The admission ticket is to make great achievements in politics and great achievements in the military, referred to as great achievements.
Although Zhao Heng, the Emperor Zhenzong of Song, can also be regarded as having developed the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty well and created the scene of "Reign of Xianping", the timing and motive of his consecration were not right.
First of all, in 1004 AD, the army of the Liao State went south, approaching Zhaozhou (present-day Puyang County, Henan), and the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang (present-day Kaifeng, Henan), was in an emergency, and the distance between the two places today was about 100 kilometers, which can be imagined the critical situation at that time.
The ministers advocated abandoning the capital and fleeing south (it seems that few abandoned the capital and fled in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China), and Prime Minister Kou Zhun strongly recommended that they could not escape, one would shake the hearts of the army, the other was that the capital was occupied, the enemy took advantage of the void, and the country was in danger. and strongly advised Emperor Zhenzong of Song and Zhao Heng to drive his personal conquest.
When Song Zhenzong heard this, he quickly waved his hand: "No, no, it's so dangerous ahead, and acting like this may shake the foundation of the country." Finally, under the advice of the group of ministers, Zhao Hengcai reluctantly agreed and drove the royal conquest.
Sure enough, the emperor personally came to the scene, the effect was quite good, all the generals saw that the emperor was coming, fought hard, and finally forced back the enemy army, the Liao army saw that the situation was not good, and asked for peace.
At this time, a strange scene appeared, the two sides formed an alliance between the two sides, and Song needed to provide Liao with "100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 taels of silk" every year, and Song honored the Empress Dowager of Liao as his uncle. After winning the battle, he still drove the imperial conquest, not only did not recover the lost territory, but finally established an alliance under the city, and paid reparations every year!
After that, Zhao Heng also realized this, but he was helpless. The minister Shangshu hoped that Song Zhenzong would recover the lost territory and wash away this shame. But Zhao Heng did not dare to start a war again and vetoed this proposal.
So everyone remembered Feng Zen, not only did not need to use force, but also used it to show the majesty and submit to the world, and the face was recovered.
But the most important thing came, Song Zhenzong did not have as great achievements as the previous emperor, and he could be described as "unknown teacher". So the minister Wang Qinruo thought of a bad idea, heaven sent auspicious rui, that is, heaven gave instructions to let you go to Mount Tai to seal meditation, isn't this logical.
Zhao Heng hurriedly pointed out that Xiangrui wanted to have it. Wang Qinruo replied: "Since ancient times, Xiangrui has not fallen from the sky, and manpower is also", so he dropped a Xiangrui out of thin air, and Zhao Heng seized this opportunity to hype it. With a valid reason, he and the group of ministers went to Mount Tai to seal meditation, which lasted 47 days and cost a lot of gold and silver.
And this behavior of Zhao Heng directly lowered the grade of Mount Tai's sealing of Zen, and he also became the last emperor of Taishan Sealing Zen.
Throughout the 5,000 years, monarchs who can be praised can either open up their territory, or recover lost land, or rest and recuperate, or put the people first.
So far, only 6 emperors have held Mount Tai Zen, and this admission ticket is quite heavy!