Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 214 Liu Sheng's Thunderbolt Means

There was heavy snow falling outside the window, and the Suifen River had frozen from both banks to the middle, and now there was only about two meters in the middle of the river where boats could sail.According to the current temperature, it is estimated that it will be completely frozen in ten days.

With his left arm hanging, Wu Kanbei sat in front of the window in frustration, staring blankly outside.He has been like this for many days.

Revenge found the wrong person!Now he is still a prisoner of Beihai Town.Wukanbei was too lazy to scold the court official who had sworn to himself that Beihai Town was an Orosian.

The figure outside the window swayed, blocking Wukanbei's sight.Not long after, five or six people opened the door and walked in.The dozen or so wounded Hezhefeyaka people in the room looked at these people in surprise, not knowing what they were going to do.

I saw that the leader was extremely muscular, his head was almost touching the roof.After entering the door, he took off the thick leather hat on his head, revealing his head with short stubble hair.

Liu Sheng stood in the middle of the room, looked around for the wounded in the room, and asked someone beside him, "How are these people recovering?"

A man in a white coat and a mask on his face said: "The people here are all lightly wounded, and they are recovering well. Walking is fine, but working is impossible."

After he finished speaking, he walked up to Wukanbei, pointed to the injured part of the other party and explained: "I was shot in the left shoulder, and I can't do anything in two or three months."

Liu Sheng glanced at Wukanbei, shook his head and sighed: "You said you should not stay at home. I don't know what you think when you come here to fight with us."

Several border residents who could understand the official language bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes, and explained in their mouths: "It's the imperial court's recruitment, and we don't want to. Please forgive me, let me go home and reunite with my relatives. I will never dare to go against you again."

While the wounded were chattering, Wu Kanbei turned his head to look out the window blankly, and murmured: "The home is gone, the home is gone"

"What is he talking about?" Wukanbei spoke Manchu, which Liu Sheng couldn't understand.

All the wounded saw a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a gray and white camouflage winter suit, walked up to Wukanbei, sat on the edge of the bed and asked in Manchu: "Brother, what are you talking about? chat with me?"

Wu Kanbei didn't seem to hear it, but was just in a daze.At this time, a wounded man on the bed next to him said in blunt official language: "My lord, his name is Wukanbei, and he lives on the bank of the Kandan River, not far from our village. His family...his family is too miserable!"

The words of the wounded immediately aroused the curiosity of the people in the room.Liu Sheng asked the wounded man to explain clearly what was going on.

"At the beginning of autumn last year, a few guys with golden hair, high nose bridge and blue eyes came to his house. Wu Kanbei just asked curiously. Who would have thought that the other party would shoot and wound him when he came up without saying a word. Wife, son , daughters were killed, their bodies were thrown into the river, and the house was burned!"

The tragedy that happened on the banks of the Kandan River last year was explained by the wounded man in half Mandarin and half Manchu.Seldan helped to explain that in the room, except for Ukanbe who was in a daze and the narrator, everyone else listened attentively.

"Fortunately, Wu Kanbei was so lucky that he was rescued by a few kind-hearted people, and he was raised in the elder's family for half a year, so he survived. This year when we went to Delane Wood City to pay the poll tax together, the imperial court sent The official said that you, my lord, are those Oros people with golden hair and high nose bridge, who want to seize our land. Wukanbe was the first to sign up without saying anything. Gave it to someone else. The result.”

The more Liu Sheng heard it, the more ugly his expression became. In the end, the knuckles of his hands clenched into fists creaked, and the veins on his neck burst out, as if he had turned into a raging beast, ready to ravage and devour people at any moment.At this time, the faces of the other people in the room were also extremely angry, and they all began to curse at the robbers.

"Chief! Chief!" In the oppressive atmosphere, the door was pulled open from the outside, and a young soldier from Beihai Town walked in.

"Say!" Liu Sheng shouted sharply.He seemed extremely dissatisfied with the sudden arrival of this soldier.

"The stele that the chief asked us to look for before was not found. However, we found a stone sculpture in the valley just now. Now Master Wanzao has brought people there, and he is going to dig up the mud and pull it out with a rope."

"Tell me after you get it out!" Liu Sheng took a few deep breaths to calm himself down from his rage.Said to Seldan: "Seldan, you can help me translate with him. His family has a grudge, we will help him avenge it. If you tell lies"

He looked down into the room, but his eyes finally fell on the quiver behind Seldan.So he drew a long black arrow from it, and said to Wukanbei: "Brother, I, Liu Sheng, swear to God, from today onwards, thousands of soldiers in Beihai Town will be your brothers, and we will definitely avenge you !"

With a sound of "snap!", in the eyes of everyone in the room, the long black arrow was stuck in two sections.

Looking at the black feather arrow that was broken into two pieces in his hand, Wu Kanbei tightly grasped it with his right hand, and there was a gleam of light in his originally dull eyes.
In the Suifenhe River Valley, more than a dozen miles southwest of the old city of Juergen, several people were standing around a stone statue buried in the soil, talking about the strange-looking head protruding from the ground.Not far behind them, dozens of migrant workers from Fuldan City were driving a carriage, bringing thick ropes and other tools to help.

"What do you say is this?"

"I can't tell. It looks like a dragon's head. I used to burn incense in a temple and saw a portrait of a dragon. But the neck of a dragon is not so thick."

"Dragon! My God, this dragon's head is so big, how long is the body underneath!"

"Do you think this is a fetish?"

At this time, a soldier from Beihai Town came over and interrupted: "Isn't this just a rock! Where did it come from, don't talk nonsense."

Several people discussed for a while, and the carriage transporting the shovel arrived.Only then did everyone begin to carefully clear the mud around the stone sculpture.

Before Zhao Xin left, he told people to look for a stone tablet in the valley.He said something casually, and the people below broke their legs.After searching for more than ten days in a row, the stone tablet was not found, but the faucet was found in the mud on the river beach.If the muddy water on the river beach hadn't been frozen, there would be no way to come here.

Dozens of migrant workers worked hard for most of the day, and only half of the frozen mud under the faucet was dug up, but a huge stone monster had already emerged.The migrant workers present gathered around and discussed.

"What kind of monster is this! Dragon head, turtle body."

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Mr. Jiang is here!"

As the crowd of onlookers made room for a gap, Jiang Tenglin walked in.When he saw this lifelike and strange stone sculpture in front of him, he said in surprise: "This is bì xì!"

"Mr. Jiang, what is Bixi? Why does it have a dragon's head?"

Jiang Tenglin said: "This is one of the dragon sons, also called Xuanwu, the god of the north."

"Oh!" A group of migrant workers suddenly realized that this is really a mythical beast.

"Well, I'm right! Dragon sons are also dragons."

"Nonsense, you just said that the neck is too thick!"

At this time, Jiang Tenglin's heart suddenly became turbulent. He had read some miscellaneous books.In Taoist culture, basalt is the hurdle in the eight trigrams, and the water in the five elements, which symbolizes the old yin in the four images, winter in the four seasons, and also represents the northern land of the sky.In the prevalent prophecy in the Qin and Han Dynasties, Xuanwu symbolized Netherworld, Rengui, and Zhide. Later, Taoism absorbed it as the guardian god, known as Zhiming Shenjun, the Arctic Zhenwu Emperor (also known as Dangmo Tianzun), and also represented the Five Emperors. One of the Black Emperor Zhuanxu.

If we say that ancient scholars had a lot of thoughts, everything could be mixed with the destiny.At this time, Jiang Tenglin's imagination was full of imagination: "The former Ming Chengzu claimed to be the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu, and Zhao Xin played the banner of the former Ming before. My God! Could it be that the destiny is real."

Thinking of this, Jiang Tenglin rolled his eyes and shouted in surprise, "Heavenly Xuanwu! This is auspicious, auspicious!"

"What?!" The migrant workers who were working and watching were all excited, and at night, this rumor had spread to the entire city of Fuldan.

(Note: This stele actually existed in history, and it was erected by King Da Zuorong of Bohai County in the Tang Dynasty. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the stele had disappeared, leaving only the undercarriage of the stele. In the notes of the Qing people, there was Recorded, there is no whereabouts after that.)
By the time Liu Sheng learned of the rumor, it was already a day later.

"Fucking basalt from the sky! It's obviously the stele of Wang Ba Tuo." Liu Sheng looked at the stone sculpture in front of him, which was said to be "tens of thousands of catties", and estimated that it would be more than ten tons to death.He understands the intention of his good buddy, Zhao Xin is looking for historical evidence that can prove that this place has always been a territory of China.

However, Jiang Tenglin's "auspiciousness from heaven" remark caused an uproar in the city of Fuldan.In a rage, Liu Sheng put Jiang Tenglin in confinement.

The traditional Chinese concept of auspiciousness in the past dynasties believes that the best auspiciousness is the birth of the five spirits such as Linfeng, which is the Jiarui of the king.Encountering Huanglongjian, Liquanyong, Hechulongtu, Luochuguishu, Shanchuqi chariot, Zechu Shenma, etc., it shows that the person is virtuous and the mountain mausoleum.

In the next two days, in order to drag this bixi stone sculpture out of the mud, thousands of people spent two days exhaustingly, first laying sleepers, relying on people to pull horses, and finally got it to Zhu Under the city of Ergen.

Standing on top of the stone sculpture, Liu Sheng pointed to the rectangular pit on his back and said loudly to the onlookers: "Did you see that?! This is used to place a stone tablet. It's not some kind of divine beast, nor is it Xuanwu, it's just a bastard!"

He looked around at the refugees below, but all those he caught his gaze lowered their heads in fright.

"Jiang Tenglin confuses the public with rumors and deceives you. This man has ulterior motives! If anyone dares to spread such nonsense again, I will send him back to the island country to eat people's bones!"

Thanks to the shogunate in the Edo period for keeping the people at the bottom ignorant and banning other religions except Confucianism and Buddhism!These refugees from island countries know nothing about auspiciousness in traditional Chinese culture.If the refugees from the Qing Dynasty were here, rumors would have been flying everywhere!Maybe someone would dare to create a "Xuanwu Sect".

The reason why the ancient Chinese secret sect can last for a long time and spread endlessly is that in addition to the external environment, the inner spiritual needs of the people at the bottom directly affected the development of the sect.

In a small-scale peasant economy, the greatest worry of farmers is that they have no certainty about the future.Since we rely on the sky to eat and eat from the earth, it is impossible for God to always have good weather.Therefore, for most farmers, before a disaster occurs, they expect someone to bless them; when the disaster strikes, they look forward to ending the disaster as soon as possible and reducing losses; Relatives can enter heaven, enjoy the blessings of the dead, and get an afterlife where they will no longer suffer.

So, the stone "Big Ba" without the stele stood alone under the city of Jurgen.Liu Sheng was still worried about this, so he specially sent two soldiers to patrol, and anyone who dared to bow down would be arrested and locked up in a dark room, and they would starve for two days before talking.

After the heavy snow gradually covered up the stone sculpture, the rumors gradually subsided in the city of Fuldan, and no one talked about it anymore.In fact, what Liu Sheng didn't know was that the refugees from these island countries didn't really believe in the saying that "Xuanwu descended into the world".There are ready-made living people to worship, who would worship this stupid and thick stone?

Two days later, when Jiang Tenglin, who was so hungry and had no energy to speak, was brought out of the small dark room.Liu Sheng personally interrogated him.

"Tell me, why do you say such things as auspiciousness from heaven?"

"I'm not talking nonsense. When Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty raised troops, it was Emperor Zhenwu who appeared. Moreover, Beihai Town lives in the north, and its combat power is unparalleled in the world. This is all evidence of Emperor Zhenwu's appearance."

It is said that when Zhu Di raised his army, in order to find a tenable reason, he found Emperor Zhenwu.In Taoism, Emperor Zhenwu is the god of the north, and Zhu Di set off from the north to attack Nanjing, so he spread rumors that he was sent by Emperor Zhenwu, and even evolved to the point that Zhu Di himself was the incarnation of Emperor Zhenwu.In Taoism, Emperor Zhenwu is not only the god of the north, but also the head of the god of war. He cleanses away demons inside and outside, and is the incarnation of justice to eradicate evil.

"Fart you!" Liu Sheng was furious after hearing this. "Do you think this is talking about storytelling? Don't think that I don't know your little thoughts. You want to take advantage of the power of Beihai Town to win fame and fortune all the way! After a few days of logistics management, you feel that you have the ability to rule the world. ?joke!"

Jiang Tenglin's face suddenly turned pale when Liu Sheng said what was on his mind.

In fact, Jiang Tenglin's thoughts couldn't be more normal in this era.Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the intellectuals of the past dynasties have played a vital role in countless "peasant wars".Due to the joining of the scholar class, it also played a great role in promoting the development of the peasant war.As long as the peasant uprising supported and joined by intellectuals, the possibility of victory is much greater.Jiang Tenglin felt that if Beihai Town did not have the support of literati like himself, the world would not be able to be defeated.

But he didn't know that for people like Zhao Xin and Liu Sheng, the education they had received since childhood was that "only the people are the real driving force for the development of history!" As for the ancient scholars?Hey, please stand aside and don't get in the way.Maybe after entering the customs, you will be knocked down to divide the fields.

Zhao Xin once told Liu Sheng that he was not against Confucianism and Confucianism.Governance in a small peasant economy can rely on Confucian ideas, but in an industrialized society it relies on law and science.

"I know that He Shen harmed your family, and you want revenge. I understand this, and we are willing to help you. He He Shen is not a good person, but what you are doing now is enough to prove that you, Jiang Xiucai, are not a good person either! No wonder Zhao Xin is unwilling to accept you scholars, let's see what's going on in your mind all day long!"

Jiang Tenglin struggled and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Liu Sheng and said, "Please forgive the villain! The villain was fascinated by ghosts for a while, and I will never dare again in the future."

"It's late! Someone will take you back to pack your luggage in a while. Go south with the team tomorrow, and Lord Chen will rearrange your work after you go back."

The so-called "better in learning will lead to official career" is the greatest wish of most scholars in ancient China, and it is also the orthodox goal pursued by ancient literati.In their view, becoming an official not only enables them to give full play to their talents and ambitions, but also is the best way for them to solve their food and clothing worries and even obtain wealth. ".

But the cruel reality often makes it difficult for their dreams to come true. After countless efforts and failures, some people are still unyielding until they are old, some are naturally disheartened, and others are ignited by despair and take risks. Create or join the hostile forces of the rulers in power, hoping to realize their self-worth and political ideals through a completely opposite path from before, and satisfy their long-suppressed desire for fame and fortune.

From "Tui Bei Tu" to "Song of Shaobing", from various "treasure scrolls" of the White Lotus Sect to the later "Original Dao Salvation Song", all of them cannot do without the hands of lower-level intellectuals like Jiang Tenglin.It's just that some people become famous and some people die.

Although most of the contents of these treasure scrolls are plagiarized and tampered with Buddhist and Taoist classics, they cannot be written without a certain cultural background.

In fact, Liu Sheng is not stupid at all, most of the time he just pretends to be stupid.On such a big issue of right and wrong, he felt that he had to deal with it with an iron fist.If today it is admitted that auspiciousness was dug out of the river, tomorrow someone will say that Zhao Xin was sent from heaven.Come and go, all kinds of crooked ways will pop up.There is no compromise on this!
(End of this chapter)