At this time, the King of Jibei realized that the emperor was about to come to Mount Tai to hold the Fengshan Ceremony, so he took the opportunity to write a letter to the emperor, expressing his willingness to offer Mount Tai and the cities near Mount Tai. The emperor accepted it and compensated the King of Jibei with other counties. The King of Changshan committed a crime and was exiled by the court. The emperor appointed the King of Changshan's younger brother to the state of Zhending and made him king to continue the worship of the previous king. He himself changed the state of Changshan into Changshan County. After this, the Five Mountains were all included in the counties under the jurisdiction of the emperor.
The next year, the Qi man Shao Weng claimed that he was familiar with ghosts and gods, and was allowed to meet the emperor. The emperor had a favorite concubine, Lady Wang, but unfortunately Lady Wang passed away, so Shao Weng used magic to make Lady Wang and the Kitchen God appear at night, and the emperor really saw Lady Wang, whom he had missed for a long time, from the curtains. So the emperor appointed Shao Weng as General Wencheng, rewarded him with a lot of money and property, and treated him with the etiquette of entertaining a distinguished guest. General Wencheng once said: "If the emperor wants to communicate with the gods, but the palace and clothes are not suitable for gods, then the gods will not come." So the emperor ordered people to make cars with cloud shapes painted on them. According to the principle of the Five Elements, people would drive cars of corresponding colors on the days of conflict to drive away the evil spirits. He also ordered the construction of Ganquan Palace, and built a high platform room in the palace. In the platform room, there were paintings of many gods, such as the God of Tianyi, the God of Diyi, the God of Taiyi, etc., and sacrificial vessels were placed there, hoping to attract the gods. After more than a year, the effects of those magic arts became weaker and weaker, and the gods still did not come. So General Wencheng wrote a letter on silk and had the cow eat it, pretending that he knew nothing about it and told the emperor that there was something strange in the cow's belly. The emperor ordered people to slaughter the cow and examine it carefully, and found the silk book. Some of the words in the book were very strange, so the emperor became suspicious. Someone recognized the handwriting on the silk book, and the emperor questioned that person, and finally confirmed that it was indeed forged by General Wencheng. So the emperor executed General Wencheng and concealed the truth.
Afterwards, the emperor ordered the construction of buildings such as the Bailiang Terrace, the Bronze Pillars and the Statue of the Immortal with Dew.
于是济北王以为天子且封禅，乃上书献泰山及其旁邑。天子受之，更以他县偿之。常山王有罪，迁，天子封其弟于真定，以续先王祀，而以常山为郡。然后五岳皆在天子之郡。
其明年，齐人少翁以鬼神方见上。上有所幸王夫人，夫人卒，少翁以方术盖夜致王夫人及灶鬼之貌云，天子自帷中望见焉。于是乃拜少翁为文成将军，赏赐甚多，以客礼礼之。文成言曰：“上即欲与神通，宫室被服不象神，神物不至。”乃作画云气车，及各以胜日驾车辟恶鬼。又作甘泉宫，中为台室，画天、地、泰一诸神，而置祭具以致天神。居岁余，其方益衰，神不至。乃为帛书以饭牛，详弗知也，言此牛腹中有奇。杀而视之，得书，书言甚怪，天子疑之。有识其手书，问之人，果伪书。于是诛文成将军而隐之。
其后则又作柏梁、铜柱、承露仙人掌之属矣。
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