In Xiangyang, Yang Anxuan received an invitation from Liu Yu, inviting him to Jiankang to attend the Dharma Conference. He said: "Liu Deyu wants to use Buddhism to fight against Liu Xile. This is a clever plan."
Xin He believed in Buddhism and said with a look of longing: "The meeting is scheduled for November 17, which is Amitabha's birthday. The capital will definitely be very lively by then, with eminent monks gathering."
Yang Anxuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Since Liu Yuzhang extended his warm invitation, Yanmao might as well go to worship the Buddha and listen to the Dharma on Yu's behalf."
Xin He was moved and said: "When I was young, I traveled to Jiankang. More than twenty years have passed, and I really want to go and see it again. However, the affairs in the mansion are complicated, and I am afraid that it will delay the official business."
Yang Anxuan said: "It only takes more than twenty days to take a boat from Xiangyang to Jiankang. Yanmao might as well take his family with him and return before the end of the year. I will arrange for someone to handle the affairs in the mansion."
Xin He thanked him happily.
Yang Anxuan explained: "Yu has a house in Beijing. Yanmao can live there when he comes to Beijing. He will go to Wa Coffin Temple to burn incense sticks and donate 100,000 yuan for Yu. As for other temples in Beijing, it will be up to chance. Also, Zeng An You might as well communicate more with him in Beijing, and there is no need to rush back."
Xin He understood the meaning of Yang Anxuan's words and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I understand."
In Jiankang, Liu Yu frequently held poetry gatherings and drinking parties as a minister of records, and sent people to Liyang to invite Liu Yi to participate.
After receiving the invitation, Liu Yi ridiculed Liu Yudong for his imitation. The martial artist who didn't know a few words also learned to recite poems and compose poems.
Soon Liu Yi could no longer laugh anymore. Ruan Xinzhi, the chief censor, impeached several ministers of the court one after another, and either demoted or appointed other ministers, all of whom had close contacts with Liu Yi.
Liu Yi knew that Liu Yu's counterattack against him was coming, but the evidence of these people's crimes was conclusive and irrefutable.
After thinking about it again and again, Liu Yi went to Jiankang Xizhou City to meet Liu Yu. The next day, the two went to Xuanwu Lake hand in hand, accompanied by hundreds of officials, celebrities and eminent monks.
Liu Yi wrote a poem "Heroes arise from the grass, and virtues help the people" to praise Liu Yu. Liu Yu danced the sword himself, Xu Xianzhi composed a song, and everyone accompanying him wrote poems to commemorate the poem. Afterwards, he got a volume of "Xuanwu Lake Poetry Collection".
Immediately afterwards, the Dharma Discussion Conference was held as scheduled. Liu Yu ordered people to set up a Dharma platform in front of the Wa Coffin Temple. Master Huijing took the stage to lecture on the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" in his seventies. 33
Sima Dewen visited the Wa Coffin Temple in person, and after listening to the lecture, he went to the temple to see the four treasures, namely the Jade Buddha presented by the Lion Kingdom, the Vimalakirti statue painted by Gu Kaizhi, the Buddha statue made by Dai Andao, and two Buddhist verses written by Yang Anxuan.
After seeing the Four Treasures, Sima Dewen came up with the idea and promised Master Huijing to donate a six-foot-long gold Buddha statue to transform the Four Treasures into the Five Treasures.
The Dharma Discussion Conference was held for seven consecutive days. On the second day, the eminent monk Fazhuang of Daochang Temple took the stage to lecture on the "Dafang Guangfo Huayan Sutra". The Daochang Temple was built by Sikong Xie Shi, and the world called it Xie Sikong Temple or Xie Temple. All the descendants of the Xie family in Beijing were present to listen to the lecture.
On the third day, Baoshen, the eminent monk of Kozuo Temple, ascended to the altar and lectured on the Great Peacock Mingwang Divine Mantra Sutra. Because Wang Dao worshiped the eminent monk of Gaozuo Temple as his disciple, and personally drove an ox cart for him, it was called "Gaozuo". The descendants of the Xie family gathered together yesterday, and today the Langya Wang family naturally came to the scene one after another. The people in the capital were in high spirits, and some even stopped working to go and listen to the sutras.
Immediately afterwards, eminent monks from Zhongxing Temple, Jianqing Temple, and Zhuangyan Temple came to the altar to give lectures. On the last day, Hui Guan, a disciple of Master Huiyuan of Donglin Temple, came to the altar to give a lecture on the "Monk Law". All the monks gathered under the altar and chanted the Buddha's voice. Everlasting.
After the Dharma discussion conference, Jiankang regained his composure and seemed peaceful. The city of Chang'an is in turmoil. As the leader of the country, Yao Xing is worried about the chaotic situation.
Since the defeat of the Battle of Chaibi, everything in the Qin State has not gone smoothly. First, the invasion of the Jin State was thwarted. Yao Xing gave the Shangluo and Hongnong counties of the Jin State in vain because of the chaos in the Liang Kingdom. He originally thought that he could quickly put down the chaos in the Liang Kingdom. , fought with Jin again, but made a mistake and gave Gu Zang to Nanliang Bald Hair Tan, resulting in the reduction of the land area.
Then he conquered Qiu Chi and invaded Liangzhou, both of which ended in failure. Although Qiu Chi was eventually forced to declare himself a vassal, Qiao Zong established the Shu Kingdom and made himself a vassal to make himself look better, but it actually did not help the country.
In order to quell the rebellion in Nanliang, he planned to negotiate peace with Wei State, but unexpectedly he angered Liu Bobo. This white-eyed wolf actually killed his father-in-law and plundered Gaoyang, and established Daxia as a disaster for Hexi.
Qi Nan led his army to attack Daxia and returned with a great defeat, losing all 20,000 troops and horses including himself. He also lost troops and generals when attacking Nanliang. At this time, Da Qin only had 60% of its troops and horses compared to its heyday, and its national treasury savings were also reduced. Only half.
Successive defeats have increased the burden on the people in the country, the country's power has declined day by day, and the originally submissive tribes have become ready to take action.
Yao Xing received a tip-off two days ago that Qifu Chipan, the former Western Qin surrender general and Xiyi captain, secretly recruited 20,000 people from his tribe to build a city on Mount Weilang and move the tribe here.
Last time, Nanliang sent envoys to contact Qifu Chipan to join the fight against the Qin Dynasty. Qifu Chipan did not accept Bald Hair Tan's solicitation and took the initiative to kill the envoys and report. Yao Xing praised his contribution and awarded him the title of governor of Hezhou.
Now, Qifu Chipan moved his tribe to Jilang Mountain. This move was not reported to the court. Yao Xing guessed that he had different intentions and moved further away from Chang'an in order to avoid the Qin army's attack.
Bald-haired Latan of Nanliang also regained his breath. He gave up the title of Guangwu Gong granted by the Qin State and was called King of Liang again. He granted amnesty to the whole world and changed his reign to Jiaping. He made Zheju the queen and his crown prince, Bald-haired Hutai, became the queen. The prince is entrusted with hundreds of officials.
If it were in the past, Yao Xing would definitely send troops to conquer. The emaciated camels were bigger than horses. The Qin State still had more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, including 80,000 light cavalry and more than 30,000 iron cavalry.
After losing several games in a row, Yao Xing was secretly afraid. Coupled with the shortage of military rations and the empty treasury, the court officials debated endlessly on whether to send troops. Yin Wei advised him to stop the army and repair the government, and use half of the troops and horses for farming, building water conservancy, etc., to reduce the people's corvee service. Otherwise, the people will be exhausted, the country will be empty, and defeat will not be far away.
The Later Qin Dynasty was worried about the wars that broke out all over the country, but Murong Chao, the leader of the Southern Yan Kingdom, was worried about frequent disasters from heaven, which made the people panic and uneasy.
At the beginning of this year, Murong Chao went to the southern suburbs to worship heaven. Suddenly, a monster that looked like a mouse, had dark red hair, and was as big as a horse ran toward the altar. It was sunny and sunny just a moment ago, but suddenly the wind blew violently, flying sand and rocks, the day turned into night, and I couldn't see my fingers. When the strong wind subsided, it was found that the ceremonial guards used to worship heaven and the curtains on the altar had been destroyed and torn by the strong wind.
Murong Chao was frightened and disturbed. He summoned Taishi and ordered Cheng Gongsui to inquire about the reason. Cheng Gongsui reported that "Your Majesty trusts treacherous traitors, kills virtuous people, collects many gifts, and serves diligently, so God is angry and warning."
Murong Chao then issued a general amnesty and deposed Gongsun Wulou and other loyal ministers. But after leaving Gongsun Wulou, Murong Chao felt that he couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. After more than half a month, he issued an edict to recall Gongsun Wulou again.
For Nanyan, this winter was particularly cold. All the rivers in the territory froze, and only the Mianshui River flowing through Guanggu City remained unfrozen. Everyone was amazed.
When Murong Chao passed by the altar, he was particularly disgusted by the abnormal situation and was deeply afraid. The last time Taishi ordered Cheng Gongsui to explain the appearance of strange beasts was that he was angry and warned from heaven. Murong Chao knew that if he asked again, it would be the same trick, so Murong Chao summoned Li Xuan, the Prime Minister of Lingtai, to ask about the good or bad luck.
Li Xuan understood Murong Chao's mentality of closing his ears and eyes, and immediately said: "This is a good omen. Your Majesty is like the sun and the moon. The Mian River flows through Guanggu and receives the light of the sun and the moon, so it does not freeze."
This performance made Murong Chao very happy, and he rewarded Li Xuan with an official uniform and held a banquet to celebrate.
Tuoba Gui, the leader of the Northern Wei Dynasty, continued to cause a bloody storm in the country: after killing He Diqian's brothers, he listened to the slander and killed Sima Yuyue; he recalled that Gaoyi Gong Moti used arrows as a letter to unite twenty years ago because he was too young. His uncle Tuoba Gui was aggressive in seizing power and said, "How can a three-year-old ox pull a heavy cart?" Tuoba Gui always held a grudge.
In December, Tuoba Gui, who was suffering from illness, ordered his messenger to give this arrow to Mo Ti, and asked the messenger to ask Mo Ti, "How is the three-year-old calf doing now?"
Twenty years later, old things were brought up again. Moti and his son knew that disaster would inevitably happen, so they cried to each other. The next day, Tuoba Gui ordered people to capture Moti and his son and behead them.
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The situation of various countries was continuously sent to Yang Anxuan's desk by secret guards. Yang Anxuan remembered that not long after Liu Jingxuan failed to conquer Shu, Liu Yu began his southern and northern campaigns, quelling Southern Yan, defeating Lu Xun, regaining Western Shu, Captured Chang'an and fought all the way until the Jin Dynasty established the Liu Song Kingdom.
Traveling through the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the movement of history has been deflected. I wonder whether Liu Yu's Northern Expedition will proceed according to the original time. Regardless of whether history moves according to inertia, Yang Anxuan will not sit back and watch Liu Yuping destroy Nan Yan, let alone The country gave way.
Nanyan is located to the east of Yanzhou. If it is taken away by Liu Yu, it will threaten the existence of Yanzhou from the east and south. Compared with Yongzhou, Yang Anxuan has been in Yanzhou for a shorter time, and many policies have not yet taken root in the hearts of the people.
The war started in Nanyan, and time was a bit tight, but in Yang Anxuan's eyes, Nanyan was a fruit that was about to mature. He had been coveting it for so long, how could Liu Yu reach out and pick it.
Although the Chinese New Year was coming soon, Yang Anxuan still ordered Yang Zijing, Hu Fan, Lu Gui and others to intensify their military training. He also ordered Yanzhou Biejiaixue to open up frontiers and govern the country and Yuping to use the occasion of disaster relief to sort out the granaries, purchase the grains in the hands of the people, and store them for future use. Military rations.
After Tangxi iron smelting switched to coal, the speed of iron smelting increased. Yang Anxuan ordered the newly smelted ordnance to be secretly transported to Wuyang City for Yang Zijing to keep for safekeeping.
Yang Anxuan ordered five thousand soldiers and horses to be transferred back from Jiangzhou to Xiangyang City, and exchanged defenses with the soldiers and horses originally stationed in Xiangyang. Zhang Feng was ordered to lead 6,000 troops and horses to move eastward in the name of training and arrive at Wuyang City before March next year; Liu Zhong was ordered to lead 2,000 Yongzhou Navy to join Chen Yusizhou Navy and temporarily station in Mengjin The area is on standby.
When Shen Qingzhi learned that Zhang Feng was about to lead his army, he asked Yang Anxuan to go with him. He guessed from Zhang Feng's words that Yang Anxuan was about to send troops to Nanyan.
Yang Qiu was pregnant at this time, and Yang Anxuan wanted Shen Qingzhi to stay with his sister. However, Shen Qingzhi said that he wanted to find a future for his unborn child. Yang Qiu also knew that her husband's heart was on the battlefield. Although he was reluctant to give up, seeing Shen Qingzhi depressed, he still interceded with Yang Anxuan for her husband.
Yang Anxuan asked Shen Qingzhi to stay at home with Yang Qiu. When Kong Miao and Yin Huizhen give birth to a child next year, he will also go to Yanzhou and take Shen Qingzhi with him.
It’s the first day of another year. This year is the fifth year of Yixi in Jin Dynasty in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the fifth year of Taishang in Nanyan, the eleventh year of Hongshi in Later Qin, the fifth year of King Shu in Western Shu, the third year of Longsheng in Daxia, the second year of Jiaping in Southern Liang, It was the ninth year of Yong'an in Beiliang, the fifth year of Jianchu in Xiliang, and the third year of Zhengshi in Beiyan.
Customs and habits vary from country to country, but the customs of holding banquets, drinking and having fun to celebrate the New Year are the same. Emperor Murong Chao of the Southern Yan Dynasty held a banquet for his ministers in the Dongyang Hall. There were dancers singing and dancing in the hall, and silk and bamboo music played on both sides.
Murong Chao sent 120 Taile people to the Qin State. Most of the kabuki musicians left behind were novices, and the hall seemed deserted. Murong Chao put down the golden cup in his hand and sighed: "Tai Le was unprepared. I regret sending Tai Le to Qin."
Gongsun Wulou said: "Your Majesty, why don't you choose people who know how to play music to enrich the music and train them so that next year they will be able to play music and dance well."
Murong Chao said: "What you have played is very good. After a while, the people will be recruited to join Taiyue."
Murong Zhen, the king of Guilin, remonstrated: "The common people are burdened with heavy workloads, and conscripting officials into Taile will definitely hurt the farmers. Your Majesty cannot do that."
Gongsun Wulou smiled and said: "It is difficult for our people to conquer Taile. We might as well attack Jin and capture Jin people to enrich Taile."
Murong Chao clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's wonderful to use Jin people as a performer without harming the people of our country. Gongsun Aiqing's words deeply resonate with me."
The leading general Han Yunzhuo stood up and left his seat, cupped his hands and persuaded: "Your Majesty, the late emperor was hiding in Sanqi due to the fall of the old capital. Your Majesty should uphold the legacy of the late emperor, rest and recuperate, and wait for the opportunity. The Wei State is our country's great enemy, and your Majesty must not fight with it. The Jin State in the south has enmity and invites military disaster."
Murong Chao was displeased and said, "I have made up my mind, you don't need to say more."
After glancing at the ministers in the audience, Murong Chao issued an order: "Order General Murong Xingzong, General of the Conquest of the South, to lead Longxiang General Huguti and Champion General Gongsungui to lead 20,000 light cavalry to attack the Jin Dynasty."
On the 28th of the first lunar month, Murong Xingzong led his army to capture Suyu City. After looting the city, he returned to Nanyan with the captured Yangping Prefect Liu Qianzai, Jiyin Prefect Xu Yuan and more than 13,000 people.
The butterfly finally flaps its wings, and a storm is bound to sweep through. The great waves wash away the sand and the winds and clouds rise, only then can the hero show his true colors.
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