Haidonghang

Chapter 10
On this day, Chen Zuyi called Li Sui to the lobby.

"Military Master, let's see how we should capture Dayu Kingdom." Chen Zuyi pointed to the map and asked Li Sui.

Since Li Sui and Jin An joined the Black Pearl Pirates, Jin An was appointed as the "Navy Commander" and was responsible for the daily military training of the army.And Li Sui was appointed as the "Military Adviser", and whenever Chen Zuyi encountered any difficulties, he would call Li Sui for advice.

The "Dayu Kingdom" mentioned by Chen Zuyi refers to the Annan Kingdom (today's Vietnam).

Speaking of Annan Kingdom, we have to mention its history.

After Qin Shihuang Yingzheng unified the six countries, he sent a large army across Lingnan, conquered the local Baiyue tribes, and established three counties there.Since then, Annan has become Chinese territory.

However, this situation changed during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.After Annan warlord Wu Quan launched the "Battle of Baiteng River", the Wu Dynasty was established.And self-proclaimed king, which opened the prelude to Annan's separation from China.

Later, Annan General Ding Bu led the army to conquer the whole territory of Annan and established the Ding Dynasty.And accepted the canonization of Song Taizu and became the king of Jiaozhi County.Since then, Annan is no longer the direct territory of China, but has become a vassal state of China.

Later, the regime in Annan continued to change, from the Li Dynasty to the Chen Dynasty.The Chen Dynasty was surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty at the beginning.Later, because Zhu Yuanzhang overthrew the Yuan Dynasty and established the Ming Dynasty, Annan Kingdom became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

But Chen Chao did not escape the fate of extinction.Hu Jisuo, a power minister of the Chen Dynasty, was originally a relative of the Chen family, but later sought power to usurp the throne.After Hu Jishou ascended the throne, he changed the name of the country to Dayu.

Dayu Kingdom has a superior geographical location, not only bordering on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but also bordering some neighboring small countries.Chen Zuyi understood that in order to further consolidate his position in Nanyang, the place of Dayu must be contested.

"I don't know if the leader has heard that there are still many survivors in the Chen Dynasty?" Li Sui said slowly.

"The military adviser means that I want to stir up the conflict between the old man of the Chen Dynasty and Hu Jishou, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman?" What did Chen Zuyi seem to understand from Li Sui's words?
"What? Does the head of the regiment think that just a few old, weak, sick and disabled can resist Hu Jishu's army?" Li Sui smiled lightly.

"What does the military advisor mean?" Now, Chen Zuyi couldn't figure out what Li Sui wanted to say. "

"Presumably the leader must know that Annan Kingdom has always been a vassal state of Ming Kingdom."

"It's natural." Chen Zuyi replied.

"Then do you think Hu Jiyao's usurping the throne will let Ming know?"

"The military division means..." Chen Zuyi's eyes lit up after hearing Li Sui's words.

"Yes, Hu Jiyao's attempt to usurp the throne will naturally not let the Ming Dynasty know, because he overthrew the Chen Dynasty, which is tantamount to slapping the face of the Ming Dynasty. Let's think about it, if the Ming Dynasty knows about this matter?" Said At this point, Li Sui deliberately stopped.

"If you hear this news, the Ming Kingdom will definitely send troops to Dayu. At that time, I will pray for the cicada, and the oriole will follow." Chen Zuyi took Li Sui's words and continued.

"So, what the group leader needs to do now is to find someone to infiltrate the Dayu Kingdom, find the survivors of the Chen Dynasty, and then escort them to the Ming Kingdom to meet the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom safely, then a great deal will be accomplished."

"Hahaha... The military master is really the reincarnated Zhuge." Chen Zuyi laughed out loud as if he saw the coming victory.

"The leader is too famous." Li Sui also laughed.

Different from Chen Zuyi, it was a gloomy smile.

After the battle with Dayu, the Ming army will definitely not be the opponent of the Black Pearl Pirates who are waiting for work, so what awaits them is the fate of defeat.And according to what he knew about Zhu Di, he who heard the news would definitely go on a personal expedition and attack Dayu again.At that time, I will suggest Chen Zuyi or other forces to attack the imperial capital.Then it's time for Zhu Di, the emperor, to do his best.

If nothing else happened, Li Sui would soon be able to complete his revenge on Zhu Di, but even Li Sui himself did not expect that this opportunity would come so soon.

"Master, the young master knocked Mr. unconscious with a wooden stick from behind the door, and then escaped from the room." At this time, a maid rushed in to report to Chen Zuyi.

"Hey." Hearing what the maid said, Chen Zuyi let out a long sigh.

"Won't the leader send someone out to find the young master?" Li Sui expressed his confusion.

"No need, he didn't do this once or twice. He will come back when he goes out to play crazy, and he doesn't do well in class every time. How can this go on? "

"Get fame?" Hearing Chen Zuyi's words, Li Sui was taken aback.

"Don't be afraid of [-], just in case. It is always risky to make a living on the edge of a knife. I may be killed one day. So, I originally planned to send him away in a year or two, and let him Change your identity and live a good life. If he can get a good reputation, in case I die one day, he will be able to take care of himself. But I didn't expect that this rebellious son just refuses to study hard. I have already changed several teachers It's gone." Chen Zuyi looked disappointed.

"Why don't you let me try?" Li Sui said suddenly.

"A military adviser can teach?" Hearing what Li Sui said, Chen Zuyi was taken aback.

"Young Master Jiao should be more than enough." Li Sui said confidently.

Li stayed in the emperor's house with him, and learned the five classics and six arts from famous teachers since he was a child, and he has achieved success in all of them.That's why he was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang, so after his father died, he was immediately established as the grandson of the emperor.To be honest, the talents and learning of ordinary teachers are really inferior to Li Sui.

However, Li Sui offered to teach Chen Xiaojie to read not to show how knowledgeable and talented he is.This is not a place to stay for a long time, so these days, Li Sui has been trying to escape from here.And his intuition told him that teaching Chen Xiaojie to read might be an opportunity.

"But Gouzi is stubborn by nature, I'm afraid he won't obediently listen to your instruction." Chen Zuyi worried.

"It's okay, I have my own way to deal with him."

"That's great, come here, go and invite me Confucius." Chen Zuyi immediately ordered to his servants.

After a while, an old man in a green robe came in.

"Sir, you have worked hard these days. From today on, you won't bother me with your homework. You can rest in my house, sir. I will pay you nothing less." Chen Zuyi said politely Said to the old man.

"What does the Patriarch mean by this? Could it be that giving up Young Master Ling's studies will fail you?" Confucius asked doubtfully.

"That's not true, Quanzi is very stubborn. I heard that he beat up my husband again today, in order to prevent similar things from happening again in the future, endangering the safety of my husband. So I specially waited for my brother to be in charge of Quanzi's future studies." Chen Zuyi patiently explained.

Looking at Li Sui who was standing beside Chen Zuyi, Confucius looked suspicious: "He? Isn't the Patriarch looking for old age?"

"I don't know where Master said that?" Li Sui asked.

"Based on your young age, what knowledge can you have in your stomach? Wouldn't it be a mistake to let you teach?" The old man's tone was full of disdain.

"Han Yu once mentioned in "Teacher's Discussion" that before I was born, he heard the Tao before me, and I learned from it; after he was born, he also heard the Tao before me, and I learned from it. I am a teacher, do you know that my husband was born in me? Has the old master never heard of this? It seems that you are very knowledgeable, sir?" Li Sui said sarcastically.

"Are you mocking me? What an arrogant boy. Do you dare to answer my three difficult questions? If you win, I will apologize for what I just said." Confucius' face flushed.

"All ears."

"Okay, the first question. The winding path outside the door is fragrant, and the flowing water is gurgling. You can compose a song with the theme of "Little Bridge and Flowing Water." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Confucius' mouth.

The reason why he came up with this topic is because the literati in the Ming Dynasty paid attention to learning from the Han, Wei and Tang Dynasties, and most of the poems they wrote were quatrains.

The song was originally a "Street Xiaoling" or "Village Xiaoling" popular among the people.As the Yuan defeated the Song Dynasty and entered the Central Plains, it spread successively in the vast north and south regions centered on Beiping and Lin'an.Also known as "Yuanqu".

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the literary form of Qu gradually faded out of people's vision.Confucius even concluded that with Li Sui's young age, he would never have done much research on the form of Qu.

However, Li Sui is not an ordinary young man. After he pondered for a moment, a complete work emerged in his mind: "The breeze willow sprouts, the drizzle is green and the peach blossoms are under the shadow of wild ducks. Paths, small bridges and flowing water.”

Although he is extremely reluctant to admit it, the artistic conception of this poem has to convince Confucius.After savoring it carefully, it is actually similar to Ma Zhiyuan's "Tianjingsha · Autumn Thoughts".

"Okay, this question counts as your pass. The second question is to test your memory ability. Come on, this is a "Diamond Sutra". The full text is divided into 32 chapters. I will give you the time of a stick of incense. The top [-] ranks. I will count you as a pass."

After speaking, Confucius took out a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" from his pocket and handed it to Li Sui, and then asked Chen Zuyi to send a maid to burn a joss stick.

This "Diamond Sutra" was just obtained by Confucius from a pirate today.When pirates went out to plunder, they sometimes found books mixed in with the loot.

Confucius was a bookworm. He once asked Chen Zuyi to give him the books he got. Since he was his son's teacher, Chen Zuyi agreed without hesitation.

Li Sui took the "Diamond Sutra" from Confucius' hand, and carefully flipped through it.

Confucius thought he was sure of winning this time, and he didn't need to worry that Li Sui had read the "Diamond Sutra" before, because although Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty had ordered the "Book of Filial Piety", "Tao Te Ching", and "Diamond Sutra" to be the most important of the three religions. Important classics, and personally commented on the three classics.But since the "Diamond Sutra" is not the content of the imperial examination, no scholars except monks will read it.

The "Diamond Sutra" is difficult to understand. For those who are exposed to it for the first time, it takes a lot of effort to read it smoothly.Let alone go back.

And it is even more impossible to memorize the content of the twenty ranks within the time of one stick of incense.

"Look slowly..."

Li Sui's browsing speed was astonishingly fast, and he turned to the last page in a blink of an eye. Confucius wanted to remind him kindly that this would definitely not work.Unexpectedly, Li Sui said suddenly, "I've finished memorizing."

As soon as this remark came out, not only Confucius, but also Chen Zuyi and the servant girl who stood by were shocked.

Confucius looked at the incense candle, which was only half burnt at this time, "Have you finished memorizing? Are you sure? I'm talking about the content of the [-]th grade."

"Well, but what I memorized is not the content of the first twenty grades, but the whole book." Li Sui said something even more unbelievable.

"Boy, there must be a limit to joking." At this time, Confucius had concluded that Li Sui was talking nonsense at this time.

"I haven't recited it yet, how do you know I'm joking. But it's too time-consuming to memorize one by one, how about this, you say the name of the product, and I will recite it." Li Sui suggested.

"Okay, the fifth grade." Confucius didn't believe Li Sui's words at all, and he had to rely on actions to expose Li Sui's lies.

"Subhuti: What do you think? Can you see the Tathagata with your body?" "No, World Honored One! You can't see the Tathagata with your body. Why? What the Tathagata said about your body is not your body." The Buddha told Subhuti. He said: "All appearances are illusory. If you see all appearances and non-appearances, you will see the Tathagata." Li Sui memorized them fluently, and he did not miss a single word.

"No. 13 product."

"At that time, Subhuti said to the Buddha: 'World Honored One! What should we call this sutra, and how can we uphold it?'... Telling it to others will bring great blessings."

"The first chapter." Confucius believed that no matter how good a person's instant memory is, after such a long time, he should have forgotten something, so he deliberately went the other way and began to check the contents of the first chapter of the "Diamond Sutra" .

"This is how I heard: At one time, the Buddha was in the Lonely Garden in the country of Sravasti, and there were thousands of 250 monks together. At that time, when the World Honored One was eating, he put on his clothes and held a bowl, and went to the great city of Sravasti to beg for food. He begged successively in the city. Already, return to this place. The meal is finished, the robe and bowl are collected, the feet are washed, and I sit on the seat." Unexpectedly, to the surprise of Confucius, Li Sui memorized it verbatim again.

"No.20... Yipin." Confucius began to doubt his ears.

"Subhuti! Don't say that the Tathagata has right thoughts: I should have something to teach. Don't make right thoughts! Why?... For those who are all living beings, the Tathagata says that they are not sentient beings, but they are called sentient beings."

"Level 29." At this time, Confucius' hand holding the "Diamond Sutra" was already shaking.

"Subhuti! If someone says, "The Tathagata comes, comes, goes, sits, or lies down, they don't understand what I'm saying. Why? The Tathagata has nowhere to come from, and has nowhere to go, so it's called the Tathagata." Li Sui actually recited it word for word.

Hearing this, Master Confucius couldn't help feeling chills down his spine, his legs went limp, and he almost fell down.

God, is he still human?

　Most of the poems in this book are my own original works.It may be difficult to be elegant, so please bear with me.As for the content of the "Diamond Sutra", you can ignore it directly, it is just to pave the way for the following plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)